English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

St Mary The Virgin Church

Other OS name in the Parish of Gillingham

Etymology

, cf. æcclesiam de Gelingeham 1086 DB , ' church of St Mary , Gillingham '1330 Pat , Richard atte Churche 1356GillCt , Churchestrete 1535Ct , the Churche Howse , Churche Meade , the Church Yeard 1609LRMB , v. cirice , atte , cf. foll.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement